Conservative Republican Mark Walker referred to his female colleagues as 'eye candy' according to CNN. (Photo Credit: Walker For North Carolina)

Conservative Republican Mark Walker referred to his female colleagues as 'eye candy' according to CNN.

Rep. Mark Walker, the chair of the conservative Republican Study Committee, described female members of the group as the committee's "eye candy" during a press conference Tuesday morning.

"The accomplished men and women of the RSC. And women. If it wasn't sexist, I would say the RSC eye candy, but we'll leave that out of the record," Walker said during his remarks. Walker, a pastor from North Carolina, is a second-term congressman who is serving his first term as chairman of the committee, which has nearly 160 conservative members -- only 16 of whom are women.